Dennis Wyatt, editor of the Manteca Bulletin, posted an article titled “San Jose: California’s city in a world of its own” which explains why San Jose is a quintessential city, the epitome of Silicon Valley.

Is San Jose really a quintessential city?

Here’s the argument from the article:

Santa Clara County was once one of the state’s most productive agricultural counties. Today the county yields 260 million dollars a year in farm products. It makes more money than any other county.

In January, the California legislative analyst’s office showed that out of 6.8 million residents that call Santa Clara County home, representing 14 percent of the state’s 38 million residents, paid 33 percent of all state income tax.

The industries powering California are those that make social media sites, video games, and apps. It’s no longer all about the movie industry, high finance, aerospace, or tourism.

Silicon Valley is turning out millionaires daily who are selling digital footprint products for pennies or nothing at all, instead of charging thousands of dollars.

This is why visitors are more amazed when they drive past Google, Twitter, Yahoo, Facebook, and Netflix, rather than driving across the Golden Gate or the Ventura Highway.

Unlike in Hollywood, anyone can be a star in Silicon Valley.

San Jose and Silicon Valley do not have exclusive control of high tech, but tech is at its finest when it comes to products such as whatsApp, Tesla, Google Glass, and driverless cars.

Seventy years ago, San Jose didn’t have a size and population bigger than Manteca, which is pretty small. But today, it’s known as a world class city by the world wide web. Everyone knows that San Jose and Silicon Valley are where all the tech products and new innovations happen, and where the future is being constructed right at this moment.

I personally do agree with this argument. Technology is really important to everyone and Silicon Valley is the place for cutting edge technology. Mostly all the apps we use and social medias are in Silicon Valley and soon all the success will be here.